Cushion-heel.



A. E. LEWIS.

CUSHION HAEBL.

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APPLICATION FILED OUT. l24, 1913.

Patented June 9, 1914.

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HLONZO ED/HRD LEWIS,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO EDWARD LEWIS, 0F ING-ERSGLL, ONTARIO, CANADA.l A

oUsHIoN-HEEL.

To al? whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALONZO EDWARD LEWIS, asubject of the Kingof Great Britain, residing at Ingersoll, in theProvince In the accompanying drawingz--Figure- 1 is a central sectionalview through the heel portion of a shoe, made according to myinvent-ion. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the view shown in Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a perspective view of a cork pad which may be substituted for thespring shown in Fig. 1.

Throughout the separate views the same part is designated by the samereference character. Y

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 ,designates'the upper of ashoe provided with an inner sole 2 and an outer sole 3. Within the heelportion of the shoe is a thin heel casing 4 which is made the same shapeas the heel and covers the lower portion of the upper on the inside andextends downwardly forming a hollow space 5 below the portion of theinsole which is adapted to support the heel of the wearer. Forwardly ofthe space 5, the casing 4 is inserted between the sole and, insole asindi-V cated at 6 and all three members, the sole,

insole and casing are connected together by a rivet'7.

On the outside of the upper 1 is a leather heel cap 8 which extends downbelow the lower edge ofthe upper and incases the heel casing 4 on theoutside, surrounding the space 5. It will be seen that the cap 8 extendsacross the bottom of the heel and on the outside of the heel and thebottom is a leather pad 9. It will be seen also that the pad 9, cap 8and bottom portion of the casing 4 are joined together by rivets orother Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 9, 1914.

Application led October 24, 1913. Serial No. 797,090.

means such as pins, the members l4 and 8 als1 being joined together ,byrivets such as Within the space 5 is a spring 12, one end of which isfastened to a met-al plate 13 which is riveted to the bottom of the heelmember 4 by means of rivets such as 14. The upper end of the spring 12is connected to a plate 15 which is similar to the plate 13 and whichbears against the under face of the insole 2 where it extends above thespace 5. It will be seen that the spring 12 is connected to the plates13 and 15 by means of integral extensions such as 16 which project fromthe edges of the plates and which are coiled over so as to embrace theportion of the spring lying adjacent the plates. It should be noted alsothat the heel cap 8, the upper 1 and the upper edge of the casing 4 arefastened together by means of rivets 17. It will be understood also thatif desired, additional padding may be placed within the casing 4 toprotect the foot of the wearer, but such protection being an obviousmatter, itis not shown in the drawing.

Referring 1nore particularly to Fig. 3, I have shown therein a cork pad18 which may be substituted for the spring 12 in the form shown in Fig.1.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim is .1. A shoecomprising in combination, a hollow heel structure including a steelcas' ing, an insole extended above the base of said heel structure, saidcasing being ein tended at one end thereof in contact .with

said insole and being riveted thereto, auf;L

